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recognition

[ rek-uhg-nish-uhn ]

noun

  1. an act of recognizing or the state of being recognized.
  2. the identification of something as having been previously seen, heard, known, etc.
  3. the perception of something as existing or true; realization.
  4. the acknowledgment of something as valid or as entitled to consideration:

    the recognition of a claim.

  5. the acknowledgment of achievement, service, merit, etc.

    Synonyms: ,

  6. the expression of this in the form of some token of appreciation:

    This promotion constitutes our recognition of her exceptional ability.

  7. formal acknowledgment conveying approval or sanction.
  8. acknowledgment of right to be heard or given attention:

    The chairman refused recognition to any delegate until order could be restored.

  9. Psychology. the act or process of retrieving information previously encoded and stored in memory, when cued with the targeted information itself: Compare recall ( def 9 ), retrieval ( def 3 ).

    The paper studies the effect of storytelling on English learners鈥 recognition of vocabulary words.

  10. International Law. an official act by which one state acknowledges the existence of another state or government, or of belligerency or insurgency.
  11. the automated conversion of information, as words or images, into a form that can be processed by a machine, especially a computer or computerized device. Compare optical character recognition ( def ), pattern recognition ( def ).
  12. Biochemistry. the responsiveness of one substance to another based on the reciprocal fit of a portion of their molecular shapes.


recognition

/ 藢r蓻k蓹伞藞n瑟蕛蓹n; r瑟藞k蓲伞n瑟t瑟v /

noun

  1. the act of recognizing or fact of being recognized
  2. acceptance or acknowledgment of a claim, duty, fact, truth, etc
  3. a token of thanks or acknowledgment
  4. formal acknowledgment of a government or of the independence of a country
  5. an instance of a chairman granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body, debate, etc
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

recognition

  1. In diplomacy, the act by which one nation acknowledges that a foreign government is a legitimate government and exchanges diplomats with it. The withholding of recognition is a way for one government to show its disapproval of another.
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Derived Forms

  • recognitive, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 谤别肠路辞驳路苍颈路迟颈辞苍路补濒 adjective
  • 谤别路肠辞驳路苍颈路迟颈惫别 [ri-, kog, -ni-tiv], 谤别路肠辞驳路苍颈路迟辞路谤测 [ri-, kog, -ni-tawr-ee], adjective
  • 辫谤别路谤别肠路辞驳路苍颈路迟颈辞苍 noun
  • un路谤别路肠辞驳路苍颈路迟辞路谤测 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of recognition1

First recorded in 1425鈥75; late Middle English recognicion, either from Old French or directly from Latin 谤别肠辞驳苍颈迟颈艒苍- (stem of 谤别肠辞驳苍颈迟颈艒 ), equivalent to recognit(us) (past participle of 谤别肠辞驳苍艒蝉肠别谤别; recognize ) + -颈艒苍- -ion
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of recognition1

C15: from Latin 谤别肠辞驳苍颈迟颈艒 , from recognoscere to know again, from re- + cognoscere to know, ascertain
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Example Sentences

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Still, he explains, it鈥檚 less about recognition than representation.

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Their preparations to emigrate to America include training the innocent Karl to avoid recognition.

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Mr Hampson and his family want more recognition and punishment for paternity fraud.

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She said May was a wonderful pioneer of ladies' golf and brought worldwide recognition to Portrush.

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Slot was uncharacteristically agitated at times, focusing on the unfolding events in front of him rather than acknowledging the constant demands from the Kop for recognition.

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